Just wanted to write a quick little thing here to let you all know what happened on Sunday and to ask for your prayers.
Alisha was making Aiden some hot cereal in the microwave, but when she took it out, it slipped from her hands and spilled all over Aiden’s chest. As he wasn’t wearing a shirt at the time, it quickly burned him severely and melted several layers of his skin off his chest, abdomen, and genital area.
The paramedics, when they arrived, said he had only 2nd degree burns and that the skin should grow back without any scarring. However, the doctor has recently told us that Aiden actually suffered several 3rd degree burns as well, so there is a chance of scarring.
He spent all day Sunday in the hospital and was allowed to come home on Monday afternoon, but he is still in a lot of pain and has a lot of healing to do. Please keep him in your prayers.
Also, if you’d like to see them, I posted a couple pictures of him below. But be warned, they are fairly graphic…
While we were at the hospital on Sunday, we met Aiden’s next-door neigbor; a 5-year old boy named Donnie. He was there with severe 3rd degree burns on both of his feet from the ankles down. His story is shocking and infuriating, really.
Turns out, apparently as some form of punishment or whatever, Donnie’s mother filled the bathtub with boiling water and then forced him into it. Now, for water to cause 3rd degree burns (which had actually damaged his bones), she would have had to hold him there for a while after he felt the pain.
What a witch of a woman! She is in prison now, thank God, and Donnie has been adopted by a foster home. So pray for him and his new parents as well, please!
Pictures: Aiden shooting mama | The burns | Another view of the burns
Seronica Said:
on July 21, 2008 at 3:28 pm
OWWW!